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@nimh tstfs @anni @Himn- G. B. MeDONALD, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO J.` BRAGDON AND COMPANY.

Letters Patent No. 64,782, dated llfag/ 14, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT 1M MAKING BUCKLES'.

TO vALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, G. B. MGDONALD, of`,New Albany, in the county oil'Floyd, and-im the State of Indiana, have invented certain new und useful Mode of the'Manufoeture of Metallic Buckles; and do hereby declare that -the following is a. full, clear, :ind exa-ct description thereof, reference being had to the adeompenying drawings,

und to the letters of' reference marked thereon.

l My invention consists in rolling metallic plates with tongues endA groove lengthwiseand on the under side of said plates, whereby said plates umy be, by being cut trnnsversely at suitable distancennd properly punched,

-formed into buckles or fnstenings for cotton-bale ties, :is will be set forth. Iuthe annexed vdrawings- A represents the pluto of' metal rolled of sufficient thickness and width for forming the buckles, 4and in any desired length; B B represent two tongues rolled on the under side of the plate, with a. groove between them. After theplote is rolled with its tongues und groove, it is Cut transversely, as shown in Figure 1 the length it is desired to have the buckle, and two openings are punched through these buckles or parts when cut olf, close by the side o' the` tongues, a-s seen, und marked C C. 'lhelcngth of the slot or opening C is ln'ade in proportion to the size of the buckle, and to the cotton-bale tie, and is maidens wide as desirable or as is suitable and convenient.

When metallic pltes are rolled in this form, it will readily be seen that the buckle is formed very quickly :ind easily by two simple operations: one is cutting off', by sllenrsor otherwise` the buckles intosuitnble lengths, nud the oth'cris by punching the slots or openings in them by any of the known and usuelwnys.

Having thus fully described my inven'tion, what I claim ns new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A I cla-im making buckles by first rolling the metal bar to the shape represented in Figure 2, and afterwards dividing und punching the same, ellas described. v i

In' testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th duly of December, 1865.

e. B. MCDONALD.' Witnesses i C. M. ALEXANDER, J. M. MASON. 

